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How To Clean Up Incorrect Geolocation Information?
zorro6 writes "I thought this might be an interesting question/topic and it would sure help me to get some kind of answer. I recently got internet service from a small, local wireless ISP in my area (south central Colorado, USA). The strange thing is that many, many web sites think I am in Quebec, Canada when I use the service. Evidently some geolocation service thinks my IP address indicates I am in Canada. I have checked the obvious. The WHOIS information for my IP correctly indicates a location of Durango, CO. So the bad info is coming from some more sophisticated geolocation service. My ISP is at a loss as to how to fix this but it is causing me a lot of grief. Many of the ads I get shown on Yahoo! for instance are in French! Certain sites won't sell me goods or services because they don't do business in Canada. So far I know that Yahoo! (or their ad provider), Nvidia, Movielink, etc. all think I am in Canada. I would sure appreciate any help/info on how to get this corrected."
It means when you surf those porno sites, you won't be able to find a fuck buddy in your area.
"You'll get nothing, and you'll like it!"
This comment is funnier then FP.
Posting anon because mods will surely kill me with Offtopic moderations (forgetting the intent of said mod option).
There was a Slashdot story about a stick-figure-like simulation of a human body, with each join having a random instruction. The goal was to have the figure move forward. Through successive generation, mutations were introduced and eventually the thing learned to stride in what looked like the completely natural manner. Does anyone know where I can find this story/link?